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/*
*memcmp.c - compare two blocks of memory
* Copyright (c) 1985-1993, Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
*Purpose:
* defines memcmp() - compare two memory blocks lexically and
* find their order.
*/
//#include "cruntime.h"
#include <string.h>
#ifdef _MSC_VER
#pragma function(memcmp)
#endif /* _MSC_VER */
/*
*int memcmp(buf1, buf2, count) - compare memory for lexical order
*Purpose:
* Compares count bytes of memory starting at buf1 and buf2
* and find if equal or which one is first in lexical order.
*Entry:
* void *buf1, *buf2 - pointers to memory sections to compare
* size_t count - length of sections to compare
*Exit:
* returns < 0 if buf1 < buf2
* returns 0 if buf1 == buf2
* returns > 0 if buf1 > buf2
*Exceptions:
*/
int __cdecl memcmp (
const void * buf1,
const void * buf2,
size_t count
)
{
if (!count)
return(0);
while ( --count && *(char *)buf1 == *(char *)buf2 ) {
buf1 = (char *)buf1 + 1;
buf2 = (char *)buf2 + 1;
}
return( *((unsigned char *)buf1) - *((unsigned char *)buf2) );
}